Lunch kit



Feb. '25, 1930. H. llERMANI 1,748,841

LUNCH KIT Filed June 16, 1928 I N VEN TOR. bf/w? vii/#44 ATTORNEYS.

Patented i 1930 uum walled bottle, or the l NITEDYfsrATES HENRY HERKANI, or BALTIMORE. MARYLAND, AssieNoR .ro TI-IE rm innconinrme COMPANY or BALTIMORE, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A conronnrronjor "JERSE App1ication filed 'J'une 16,

. kits or boxes, and more particularly in .an attachment for such devices for holding a vaclike, in the'top of the box or kit.

. Since kits of the character in question are designed to be sold at low price,'it is apparcut that any attachment which materially in-' creases the cost of the. kit is not desirable.

1 In articles of the character heretofore constructed ,-hold'ersfor vacuum Walled bottles "and the like, for retaining the bottle in the top of the kit have been separate attachments,

necessitating additional labor in the connec tion of the attachment. I

JA clasp is usually provided for partially embracing the bottle, and the clasp must be connected at one end to enable swinging of l the clasp out of the way of the bottle during necting means, the connection being made di-. irectly with anelementof a kit or box;

removal and replacement, and at the other end detachably to enable release of the clasp. One of the primary objects of the present invention is the provision of a holder of the character specified, wherein the permanently connected end requires no additional con- Another obj'ectis' the provision-of a clasp wherein the arrangement at the detachable end is-such as to provide resiliency for enabling release, and afinger-piece for operating the releasing part of the clasp.

With these andlother objects in View the invention consists in the construction and. novel combination of parts fully described hereinafter, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in theclaim's aplooking at the rear.

pended hereto, it being'understood' that va I .l 3'in-theform-of"a nose-which is adapted to engage acatch 14 secured to the {side 2 wall nous changes in the form, proportion,size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims, may be resorted-to without de-' parting from. the spirit of the invention.

In. the drawings forming apart hereof Fig. 1 is a transverse vertical section of a kit provided with the improved clasp. Fig. 2 is a plan view. with the top open. Fig. 3 is a'perspective View of the kit closed,

In'the present embodiment ofthe inv 'ention, the kit or box is of usual construction,

, ally at 6-are provided. forho ld ing the top. or

ind-icatedat .8. The ends arereversely curved Operation, with "LUNC m comprising-a body 1, of rectangularcro'ssfsed are adapted toaline with similanbear-ings4 j on the adjacent wall of the:Ibody, -to:receive --a pintlespin 5, which hingedly connects the 1 top and body. In the? present instanceQthe bea-rings 3 at the top .are shown-was integral, and the-bearing 4 i-nthe form of hingeleaves, but-it is apparent; that the be arings' l might be integral as well" as the bearings '3. Clasps I ofany. desired construction indicated gener cover closed. v

The clasp is formedv from a strip of sheet material, as for instance,sheet metal,-'"having .the central portion 7 thereof curved-to'fit the bodyof the vacuum walled bottle,or the like,

on-a shorter'radiusasindicated at 9 and 1 0 5respectively,-and the end 9Kis provided wit-ha bearing 1 ll. Referring to. Figs. 2 and 3, it willgbe noticed that the bottom or .body 1 of the kit has two bearings 4, one near each end, while the top has twov pairs of bearings, one

on each side of each bearing 4. E'A'CJ' them-id dle, there would normally: be another hearing of the body ,l, .such;bearing 1 is omitted, .andthe b ea ri-ngll of the clasp engages the .pintleat this point. 7 That is, where normally the bearings 3 and 4 would alternate, 'thecentral bearing is onthe clasp. 7,; instead of .on th'ebodr ac e u tantially epar llel .;With. the ."re erse curve 10, as;shown at 12, to;prov-ide,a latch ofthe top, asfor instance, by arivet- 15, The

,Th posite 'enr'l.;.1-0 of, the clasp i bent portion 12 of the clasp pr'ovides a finger- I Pie e, by means h h -=the ich mayye released, and the .reverse curve 110' provides resiliency, enabling thelatch-to be released from the catch.

opened to the-dotted.linegposition. *Down.

as .pa tsin the-full I 1 line position of Fig. ;1, when itis desiredto I release the-vacuunrwalled bottle, the topi is latch with the catch.

ward and inward pressure is made upon the finger-piece 12, releasing the latch from the catch, after which the clasp may be swung in the open position of Fig. 1, enabling removal of the vacuum walled bottle. When the bottle is replaced, downward pressure on the finger-piece 1 simultaneously moves the clasp into operative position, and engages the What is claimed as new is 1. In a lunch kit including a box having a body and a top hingedly connected at one side by a pintle pin, and a clasp for holding a vacuum walled bottle, or the lik in the top, said clasp having a hearing at one end engaging the pintle pin, and ai-latch at the other, the top of the box having a catch for engagement by the latch, said clasp having the central portion thereof curved to it the bottle or thelilre, and havingthe ends reversely curved to provide resiliency" between curved, one end of the clasp being hinged to a wall of the top near the free edge thereof, a latch connection between the clasp and the opposite wall near the free edge thereof, the reverse curves providing resiliency between the central portion, the hinge and the latch, the latch including an integral finger piece substantially parallel with the adjacent v curved partand spaced apart'therefrom, said finger piece extending at an acute angle to the top wall to enable release thereof by com pression against the wall.

' Signed at Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State: of Maryland, this'14 day of June, A. D. 1928.

-- HENRY HERMANI.

the central portion and the box, that end of the clasp remote from the bearing having the free end thereof bent to form a finger-piece extending substantially parallel with the adjacent reverse curve in spaced relation'for'releasing the catch when the finger-piece is pressed inwardly and toward the top.

- '2. In a lunch kitincluding a box having a body and a top hingeclly connected at one side by alined bearings on the body and top, and a pintle pin engaging the bearings, a

clasp for holding a vacuum walled bottle, or

the like 1n the top, said clasp having a bearmg at one engaging the plntle p n, and a latch at the other, the top of the boX having a catch for engagement by the latch, said clasp having the central portion thereof curved to fit the bottle,or'the like, and having the ends reversely curved to provide resiliency between the central portion and the box, that end of the clasp remote from the bearing having the free end thereof bent to form a finger-piece extending substantially parallel with the adjacent reverse curve} in spaced relation for releasing the catch when the'finger-piece is pressed inwardly and toward the top.

3. In a lunch kit including a box having a body and a top, a clasp for holding a'vacuuin walled bottle or the like in the top, theclasp having the central portion thereof shaped'to fit the bottle, and having the ends reversely V curved,'one end of the clasp being hinged to tral portion of the clasp being shaped to fit the bottle and the ends being reversely 

